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Offenders may be bailed by superior Courts.
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XI. And be it further enacted, That in case any Person shall be committed for any Offence against this Act to any Common Gaol or Place, there to remain till delivered by due Course of Law, it shall be lawful for any of the Justices of His Majesty’s Courts at Westminster, or for any of the Barons of the Exchequer, being of the Degree of the Coif, or for the Lord Justice Clerk, or any the Commissioners of Justiciary in Scotland, if upon Application made he shall think it reasonable, to admit such Person to Bail, he or she giving sufficient Security for his or her Appearance to answer the Matters wherewith he or she shall be charged.
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